9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2017-8858
Veritas NetBackup Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Remote File Write
Description

In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is unauthenticated privileged remote file write using the 'bprd' process.

INFO

Published Date :

May 9, 2017, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8858 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Veritas netbackup_appliance
2 Veritas netbackup
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-8858.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98381 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue3 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8858 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue3 No Types Assigned https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-004.html#Issue3 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98381 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98381 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_appliance:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98381 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.50 }} 0.00%

score

0.72810

percentile

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